DIYMaster
I always let my children decide what shaped cakes they want on their cake then I try to create it for them. When my daughter turned 18 she decided she was done with such nonsense. She said she did not care what was on the cake so I picked the theme for her and surprised … Read more
Here’s how I came up with this roller skate cake. I like to test decorating techniques on friends and they allow me to. And if given enough “thinking” time I come up with some doozies. This was a roller skating party for 30 kids plus 30 adults (a lot of exposure for my business if … Read more
My aunt and uncle were retiring this past July and since they are smokers it was just logical that this smoking cake would be a hit with them (and it was the first thing that came to mind). It is basically two sheet cakes stacked with filling in the center. Fondant icing was used to … Read more
I used a round baking tin to make this snail cake. I made a coil of icing on top of the cake. I then covered it in yellow icing. I made the body. I pressed lots of tiny circles in it and varnished the body with edible varnish for slime effect. Another Snail Cake Cake … Read more
These cakes were for my twin boys first birthday. The idea came from their Halloween outfits of a sock monkey. They were sock monkeys and won a contest for most original. Their Christmas ornaments for this year are sock monkeys and my sister made them actual sock monkeys for their birthday. So it came that … Read more
I just made a box cake and used fondant frosting for the face of this South park cake. It was my first time using fondant frosting but I think it’s pretty good. I got a good recipient for the fondant online. Here goes: 1 cup light corn syrup, 1 cup Crisco. Mix together well. Add … Read more
My son wanted an alien spaceship cake for his birthday. So, after checking out other cakes this is what I came up with. I used a sheet cake for the bottom with fondant frosting and stars cut out. The alien spaceship is “floating” on a cake stand and is a round cake shaped to look … Read more
We decided that our son’s 1st birthday party would be a safari theme. There are many different cakes that can be created for this theme but my husband came up with something a little different. We wanted a special occasion cake for our first birthday. Safaris are taken in Africa so we chose to make … Read more
My nephew wanted a specialty cake and this is what I came up with. The brown icing is chocolate butter cream with peanut butter added (Yumm). I piled the icing in one corner and covered with maple nut goodies to make the “hill” then smeared the blue icing like it was running down and joining … Read more
Technically these bugs should be spider cupcakes with eight legs but we ran a bit short on legs! The legs were red string candy. We found it easiest to use a skewer to first make the hole before inserting the string. We used chocolate cupcakes covered in chocolate frosting and brown sprinkles. The eyes were … Read more
This cake was at the request of my youngest daughter who was turning three and is a big fan of Gary the Snail from Sponge bob. I copied a Spongebob photo. I made four 8X8 cakes, filled them with basic butter cream then stacked them to make a big block of cake. I then carved … Read more
For this Spongebob Patrick cake, just make a plain sponge cake. Then print off the internet a picture of a Patrick the Star (but stretch the picture in word to fit A4 or whatever size you choose). Cut him out and place it on top of the cake and cut around the cake. With the … Read more